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WELCOME TO OUR ESTATE

Since 1980, we’ve planted roots in Chico, California, where our brewery began. This land is a fertile valley that lies in the shade of our namesake: the Sierra Nevada mountain range. It’s where founder Ken Grossman raised his family, and where he built a legacy as a family-owned and operated craft brewer. In 2014, we extended our home to the forested hills of Western North Carolina, with a second brewery that continues our commitment to the land, to the community, and to doing things right. The legacy goes on.

 
 

We take great pride in sharing this legacy with you today. Our Estate beers are special and rare, created entirely from the bounty of our land. Each ingredient in this beer is organic and homegrown—planted and picked by our own people—and this is one of the few distributed Estate beers in the world. It’s not easy to make, but we’ve never shied away from a challenge. The reward is worth the effort. Please, pour yourself a glass; we think you’ll agree.

 
 

We take great pride in sharing this legacy with you today. Our Estate beers are special and rare, created entirely from the bounty of our land. Each ingredient in this beer is organic and homegrown—planted and picked by our own people—and this is one of the few distributed Estate beers in the world. It’s not easy to make, but we’ve never shied away from a challenge. The reward is worth the effort. Please, pour yourself a glass; we think you’ll agree.

 
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Mills River, NC
100 Sierra Nevada Way, Mills River, NC 287321 (828) 681-5300
Chico, CA
1075 East 20th Street, Chico, CA 959281 (530) 893-3520
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  • Year Round
  • Little Things
  • Seasonal
  • High Altitude
  • LIMITED RELEASE
  • Non-Alcoholic
  • Cando

  • Our Brews
  • Our IPAs
  • Shop now
  • Returns & Exchanges
  • ABOUT US
  • FAQ

  • Contact Us
  • CAREERS
  • ARTIST INQUIRIES
  • PRESS/MEDIA

Mills River, NC
100 Sierra Nevada Way, Mills River, NC 287321 (828) 681-5300
Chico, CA
1075 East 20th Street, Chico, CA 959281 (530) 893-3520

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STATS

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alcohol by volume (ABV)

4.8%

bitterness units (IBU)

20

Malts

Estate Caramel, Estate Munich, Estate Pale, Estate Purple Egyptian

Hops

Estate Cascade, Estate Triple Pearl

Yeast

Lager

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Organic

Oregon Tilth Certified Organic and Salmon-Safe Certified, protecting our local watershed

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From Seed to Fields of Grain

PURPLE EGYPTIAN BARLEY

Named for its glassy purple color, this barley originated in the Middle East and spread north through the Mediterranean region, and it thrives in our Chico, California climate. Purple Egyptian, along with its unique flavor, requires less water and fertilizer to nurture — a match for our sustainability practices, and essential to Estate Heirloom Landbier earning organic certification.

Before grain can be used in beer, though, it must be malted. And while there are industrial methods, Purple Egyptian deserved a more artisanal practice: floor malting. We’re lucky to live just north of Admiral Maltings, California’s only floor-malting facility and certified organic malting operation.

DIVE DEEPER: FLOOR MALTING
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Estate Agriculture

We started planting in 2005, and today in Chico, CA we maintain 25 acres of barley and rotational crops, 2 acres of garden, and one acre of hops. In Mills River, NC we have a quarter-acre kitchen garden, 16 acres along the adjacent French Broad River, and even a 1/10-acre for mushroom production. It's all certified organic, and these bounties are fostered with real care, including regenerative practices like reduced tilling, intercropping, and onsite composting (with a lot of hops).
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A tractor moving compost piles in the morning sunlight
18 Apr

Hops In The Soil

Bags of packaged craft malt at Admiral Maltings
08 Apr

Craft Malt On Both Coasts

Close view of a “Bidwell Casaba” melon in the Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. garden
19 Nov

Brewing An Estate Melon Gose

A mobile red chicken coop at Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in Mills River, North Carolina
12 Apr

Chickens In The Brewery Backyard

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